She claimed to have been left in fear for her life due to a smear campaign allegedly waged against her by erstwhile co-star Justin Baldoni – but Blake Lively was unable to pinpoint a single offensive article when challenged by his legal team.

The embattled actress made the allegation during a deposition that took place in New York at the end of last month.

Part of the transcript has now been unsealed and reveals the mom-of-four struggling to answer questions put to her by Baldoni’s legal team as well as claiming an off-the-cuff comment made by one of the actor’s publicists amounted to a serious threat to her life.

It comes the day that Taylor Swift announced her engagement to Travis Kelce - and Lively has not yet reacted to the news.

Asked about the now notorious text exchange between Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel that saw Nathan jokingly say ‘We can bury her’, Lively claimed she believed it to mean literally and described it as ‘terrifying’.